Why Use the Solaris Management Console?

The console provides a set of tools that
have many benefits for administrators.

The console does the following:

Supports all experience levels

Inexperienced administrators can complete tasks by using the GUI, which
includes dialog boxes, wizards, and context help. Experienced administrators
find that the console provides a convenient, secure alternative to using a
text editor to manage hundreds of configuration parameters spread across dozens,
or hundreds, of systems.

The key benefit of RBAC is that roles can be limited, so that users
have access to only those tasks that are necessary for doing their jobs. RBAC
is not required for using the Solaris management tools.
You can run all of the tools as superuser, without making any changes.

Provides a command-line interface

If preferred, administrators can operate the Solaris management tools
through a command-line interface (CLI). Some commands are written specifically
to mimic the GUI tool functions, such as the commands for managing users.
These commands are listed in Table 1–5, which includes the names and brief descriptions of each command.
There is also a man page for each command.

For Solaris management tools that have no special commands, such as
the Mounts and Shares tool, use the standard UNIX commands.